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(NqMdldeL) G. B. FISHER. "SAUSAGE STUEIING MACHINE.

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SPECIPI CATION str ng st-e; Letters Patent No.359,14 4-,dated"1 /Iaroh s, 1881.

, Applieationfiled inn-n1 1, 1885.

To all whom it inay concern.-

Beitknown that-I, GEORQ zen of the 'Uni'tedStates, resid g ville, in the county of Schuylkill an Pennsylvania, have invented eertai useful Improvements in Saus'age 'St-uffin Ma,

chines; and I do here 6 declare the following invention, such able others skilled in the art to which-1 appertains to makeand use thesame.

This invention relates to a machine forstnffl ing sausages, puddings, cheeses, and the like; and it consists, substantiall yin then aehine as const rncted and in the particular combinations of parts, to behcreinal'ter distinctly described, andpoinled out inthe claim.

Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical side elevation in section of a machine embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an endelevation' thereof, with portions removed, to more clearly indicate the construction and disposition of certain parts. Figs. 3 and 4 are 'detailviews -of the perforated plates through which the sausage-meat is forced into the bag or casingv therefor,

The charactenof sausage-shifting machines to= which fmy invention is most nearly'allied is that in which the meat is supplied through a hopper or fecd-opening and fed. forward or along to one end of themaehine, whenceitis forced through perforations in, a plate located at such endof the machine into the bag or pouch for its reception, which is attached to the delivery spout or neck usually employed for that purpose. I have discovered that in the use of former machines of like naturethe;

meat, when forced into the bag orpouch, becomes-lumpy in part, no matter how finely'it may have been minced or cut previous to being placed in the machine. This fau]t,it is thought,

i is due to the fact that the perforations in the plate through which the meat is forced arc of a circular contour, which causes the meat to be forced through them in lumps, and the sausage consequently is not stuftcd as n icel y or perfectly as it would beif the meat were forced into it in a more'thoroughly comnnngled mass. inexperimenting with my invention Iha-ve discovered thatthe desired result obtained by form ing the perforations in the plate of anangular.

wed SeptemberQO, 1886; Serial No. 214,850, (No model.)

arate into's-maller particles or divisions, and

of the perforations acting ttrjbrea the strands or fiber of the meat 1111;, through. Other features of my improvements will be set forth hereinafter;

thereon, A'rep'resents the. box or frameof the 1naeh ine,having in its top,at or near one 'end,'a

is attached an operating crank or handle,0. The endofthe shaft to which the crank is attached has its bearing'in the endwall, b, of-thej casing and apressing-block, b, located in an knives which are carried at that end of such .ness.

Surroundingtheshaft B' and tightly fitting the sameis awooden collar or sleeve, 0, around the end of' collar 0. By this construction it arated or taken apart and'rcpla'ced-by-substitutes therefor when worn o-r-injured from use.

the crank is located is formed with channels or groovesthat cross each other at right angles and centrally of the crossrsectionofthe shaft, approximating in outline to the shape of a cross. These grooves are for the reception of wise formed in the shape of a cross, and which, when proper] y arranged or set in place, have their cutting portions or blades radial to tit? shaft, as shown.- By this provision ot'attaeh ment the knives may be more readily detached thus enable the same to be stuffed'into the bag jor pouch more compactly, the angular edges-- r divide. iassag'e suitable hopper-shaped opening or feed-aper-- tune, a. Extending through theibox from endto end isa shaft, B, to the outer end of which which the spi 'als orhladesv D extend,and are properly seeured by 'a screw, 4:, as shown, "a washer, f, being placed on said shaft at ornear the oppositeend to e, bctweei'i the nut b and will be seen that the partscan be readily sep-" and a much stronger bearing issupplied thcreifoxy-the sides of the channels or grooves in or square contour, which causes the meat to'sepopening in an innersupplelnental wall or pa'rtent, against the perforated'plate,andjthe shaft are consequently operated to divide or cut the meat to a greater or l'cssdegree of fi'ne- The end of theshaft opposite to that on'whicl'i the shank portions of a set of knives, G,- like-,

6.0 Refe'rringtothe partsby the letters marked which they are fitted. firmly bracing and strengthening their shanks against any strain which maybe exerted thereto in the operation of the machine. I

v 5 E represents the conical spout, to which the sausage bag or pouch is attached for receiving the meat as it isforced from the machine. This spout is preferably formed to fit over an opening in the end of the casing of any suita- IO lole configuration. It is relnovably secured to the end of the casing by being fitted to screws g,projecting therefrom,'suitable platcsg, being faced on said screws and held thereto by nuts J1, these devices serving to permit the 15 easy and ready removal of the spoutand the perforated plate, when-necessary.

Between the spout and-the open end of the casing the perforated plate I is placed, the perforations therein being of an angular 2o 01' square contour, as represented by letters'i. T

The advantage of this form has been herein-- before set forth, and need not here be rcfcrrt to.

For stuffing cheeses and 'the'like, where the 5 particles areto be separated or divided exceedingly fine,'I employa piece of wire-gauze, (represented in Fig. 4,) whose openings or meshes are likewise square.

The operation is as follows: The nit-at is 30 placed'or fed to the. machine through the open- I ing a, and is carried along by the screw to the opposite end, where it is cut up by the knives and forced through the perforations in the plate into the spout and thence into the bag'or pouch for itsrcccption. By properadjust' ment 0 f sctscrews (I, the pressing-block b can be made to, regulate the degree of fineness to which the meat is to be cut, in=that the knives are brought into greater or lessproximity to the perforated plate. 1

Having thus described in'yinvention, what I claim is- In a sausage-stutfing machine, the combination of a box or casing having a feed=aperture, thescre'w-s'haft formed at one. endwith grooves crossing each other at right angles, cross-shapedknives fitting in saidgrooves, the plate F, having perforations ofa square outline or c0ntour, the pressing-block b for the shaft,

and the adjustingscrew therefor extending through the casing and abutting against the block, all substantially as-set forth,described, 

